"Prostaglandins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A group of compounds derived from unsaturated 20-carbon fatty acids, primarily arachidonic acid, via the cyclooxygenase pathway. They are extremely potent mediators of a diverse group of physiological processes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011453
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.550 D23.469.050.175.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostaglandins" by people in Profiles.
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Epidemiology of Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 11; 114(5):1786-1792.
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Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Alter the Microbiota and Exacerbate Clostridium difficile Colitis while Dysregulating the Inflammatory Response. mBio. 2019 01 08; 10(1).
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Role of prostanoids in gastrointestinal cancer. J Clin Invest. 2018 07 02; 128(7):2732-2742.
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Optimal treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis: an update. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Oct; 30(5):598-603.
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Protein expression, biochemical pharmacology of signal transduction, and relation to intraocular pressure modulation by bradykinin B2 receptors in ciliary muscle. Mol Vis. 2013; 19:1356-70.
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Cyclooxygenase-2 and cancer treatment: understanding the risk should be worth the reward. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Mar 01; 16(5):1384-90.
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Pro-inflammatory prostaglandins and progression of colorectal cancer. Cancer Lett. 2008 Aug 28; 267(2):197-203.
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Targeting cyclooxygenase-2 and the epidermal growth factor receptor for the prevention and treatment of intestinal cancer. Cancer Res. 2007 Oct 01; 67(19):9380-8.
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Bioactive sphingolipids in the modulation of the inflammatory response. Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Oct; 112(1):171-83.
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Fishing for prostanoids: deciphering the developmental functions of cyclooxygenase-derived prostaglandins. Dev Biol. 2006 Jan 15; 289(2):263-72.